[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.]

Following its massive success on Nintendo 3DS™,
SteamWorld Dig now comes to Wii U™! We’ve listened to our fans and we’ve finally
made it happen! The game will be released on the Nintendo eShop on
August 28 in Europe, Australia and the Americas. It will run in
smooth 60 FPS with beautiful HD graphics (1080p) and have support
for both off-TV play and the Wii U Pro Controller. Get ready to dig
in!

Image & Form and Nintendo go way back. We released our first
game on a Nintendo console back in 2010 (
SteamWorld Tower Defense) and a lot of us at Image &
Form are major Nintendo fans :) So to finally get to release on Wii
U feels amazing!

SteamWorld Dig for Wii U will be available at $9.99 /
€8.99 / £6.99. A steal!

Compared to the Nintendo 3DS version from last year, this
release has:

·
Clutter-free HD graphics. The map and other interface elements are
now displayed on the Wii U GamePad

· Off-TV
Play. Continue digging on the Wii U GamePad even when your TV is
occupied or turned off

· Support
for Wii U Pro Controller

· And
maybe there’s an Easter egg somewhere?

Thanks to the immersive gameplay, unique mechanics and stunning
presentation of
SteamWorld Dig, praise has been unanimous. As a result,
Game of the Year nominations and awards have rained over the game.
This is what leading gaming sites say about
SteamWorld Dig:

· ”Amazing.” (9.5/10,
IGN.com - one of IGN’s
highest rated games of 2013)

Branded as a “platform mining adventure” in a
steampunk/Western setting,
SteamWorld Dig lets players take the role of
Eastwood-esque robot protagonist Rusty in order to save a mining
town in need. The plot thickens as he digs deeper into an
underground full of treasure and terrors…

If you want to see for yourself what all the fuss is about,
please reply to this mail and ask for a review code. We’ll
make sure you’ll get the chance to unearth the secrets
yourself! :) Also, don’t miss CEO Brjann on IGN showing the
Wii U version and talking about our totally new upcoming SteamWorld
game!

Image & Form is a Swedish game developer based in rainy,
windy Gothenburg.
SteamWorld Dig is the most recent game in the SteamWorld
series, and is a nominee and winner of numerous Game of the Year
awards. Image & Form's biggest success prior to
SteamWorld Dig is the acclaimed iOS/Android real-time
strategy game
Anthill.